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Jim Clayton

Born: September 16, 1967

Pianist and vocalist Jim Clayton hails from Sarnia, Ontario (Canada’s “Chemical Valley”). Born in 1967, he was the oldest of four children, with a chemist father and a stay-at-home mom who later became a terminal-unit chaplain and author of books on grief.

At age three he showed an interest in the neighbours’ piano, so his mother and a musician friend bartered babysitting for piano lessons. The friend quickly recommended Jim study with a professional, which led to several years of studying classical piano, theory and harmony through the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Look Out

By Jim Clayton

Label: CLAY-TONE Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Devil May Care; This Can't Be Love; You Can Call Me Al; Moon River; Time In A Bottle; Big Wide World; Hold On; Every Breath You Take; Everybody Wants To Be A Cat; Spider-Man; Song From M*A*S*H; The Rainbow Connection.

Look Out - The Vocal Debut From Award-Winning Jazz Pianist Jim Clayton Featuring Herlin Riley And Amina Scott - Release Date: October 3rd

September 26, 2023

"Clayton can swing the daylights out of anything... But he has a different, more expansive definition of Great American Songbook. It's a refreshing concept. I hope more 21st century artists follow." From the liner notes by Ricky Riccardi, 2022 Grammy Winner Blend the piano styles of Nat “King" Cole, Harry Connick, Jr. and Bob Dorough, and ...

Lenny Jumps In

By Jim Clayton

Label: Clay-Tone
Released: 2016

Jim Clayton: Songs My Daughter Knows

by Dan Bilawsky
December 31, 2013

Pianist Jim Clayton must have one hip daughter; or perhaps it's the other way around. Regardless, both parties clearly inspire one another through music. On the simply-and-directly titled Songs My Daughter Knows, Clayton explores the musical ins-and-outs of the first three years spent with his cherished child--Eileen Agnes “Lenny" Clayton. The album opens ...

Songs My Daughter Knows

By Jim Clayton

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: Grouch Anthem; Tea For Two; Inside Straight; The West Wing-Main Title; Flight Of The Foo Birds; I Have A Little Plant; Autumn Leaves; Little Leo; Sing; The Rainbow Conncection.

Muskoka

By Jim Clayton

Label:
Released: 1997
Track listing:

Full Yellow Jacket; Somnia; Lady J.; Muskoka; Torn; When Giants Fall; Kelly's Waltz; Smooth Groovely.

Jim Clayton's Greenhouse: Muskoka

by Jim Santella
November 1, 1997

Jim Clayton's ensemble has the same instrumental make-up as several editions of The Yellowjackets, and the first track, “Full Yellow Jacket," incorporates elements of Yellowjackets arranging as well. But the Greenhouse incorporates a wide range of styles in its arrangements and the quartet allows room for each of its members to speak out. Pat Wheeler holds ...